As per Indian "Limca Book of Records", oldest person of India is "Habib Miyan", who celebrated his 138th birthday last sunday. He is a resident of Pink City "Jaipur" in Rajasthan state of India. People from all walks of life thronged his residence in Jaipur to greet him on that day. Miyan cut a cake, firecrackers were burst and 139 balloons released to mark the celebrations, joined in by people from as far as Indian States of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, as also chairman of the Rajasthan Minority Commission Sardar Jasbir Singh. "Kisi raees ki mehfil ka jikra kya hai amir, khuda ke ghar bhi na jayenge bin bulawe ke (May you discuss a party of a rich man, I will not even go to God's house without invitation)," Miyan quipped at his house. Asked about his eating habits, he said: "I am open to any kind of food," but added that he was a great fan of meat preparations, even if these were considered too oily for his age. "Gosht roti khao, Allah ke gun gao," Miyan said. Habib Miyan is a very optimistic person, said Dr R K Verma, an orthopedic surgeon who had treated him when he fractured his hip six months back. "He has recovered well." Miyan`s family comprising dozens of members reside in a very small dwelling and he had met President A P J Abdul Kalam during the latter`s visit to the city to appeal for a house. "I am happy that he spared some time for me." Miyan said.

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are you sure hes still alive he loks dead!! i mean who wants to live to 138 years? live fast die young i say.

I agree.. Who wants to live that long anyway... Imagine how many friends he has outlived....

I want to live even longer then that. Aging is the process I don't want to experience...

wow....

I can only assume his age was recorded correctly. I mean is he really 138 yrs old?

I don't think he is actually 138, but we will have to see if it can actually be confirmed. Claims come in all of the time from countries where recordkeeping is not so great that people are decades older than the older confirmed living people. Right around 115 years old or so seems to be as much as humans can squeeze out of life (120 is the record) so my guess is that this guy is less than that...unless they can actually confirm otherwise that is...

138 :S thats hmmmm old

how many war you will see , if you live that long

Yea that was my understanding as well, I didn't think it was possible to naturally live to 120+

My grandfather's in his 60's (last I checked), and looks only a handful of years younger than that guy.

When was he born? Shouldn't he be the "world's oldest man?" Instead of "India's oldest man?"

But that's old.

I have an uncle who is an atheist. He's always on the look out for people living longer than 120 years. If that really is true, then I guess that blows the biblical 120 year limit outta the water. I'm SURE he'll bring it up for discussion the next time I see him, LOLOL!

There isn't anywhere in the bible that limits man to 120 years.

In the age of Nano it will be possible to live well into your hundreds.

Dang, that's pretty old. Though, I'm not completely sure he is exactly that old. I mean really, I don't think is that old. But there is a first time for everything they said. Hope there's maybe a little more this later.

I know what you mean. His picture looks stiff. I think that's as much as he can show when it comes to smile. Seriously.

138 years old?!?!?! Maybe he just lost count after his 110th birthday... or... when someone tried to ask him how old he was, he might of mumbled something like "Old enough" and the other person replied" What? 138 years old?!?!" ... or he might just be 138 years old... By the picture, I would of guessed 88? I wonder what he looked like when he was a 102? (probably the same)

Not trying to be argumentative but what does the the quote below mean? I do read the bible, but am by no means an expert.

Genesis 6:3 - "Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."

i wanna see his birth certificate

You won't be able to read it. Since it'll be in another language.

I suppose its ok to live that long as long as you still have your eyes and mind intact. I wonder if he still works around his farm.

Thats amazing. I can't wait for said nanotechnology either. That guy should become cryogenically suspended when he dies.

isn't genesis part of old testament?

Majority of the Christians follow new testament....

Noah lived 900 years mosses lived more than 200 years...

So the record of bible has been broken long before the birth of Jesus Christ..

Good call, so it totally contradicts itself...

Anyway back to this Indian guy, has anyone looked into this story at all, I can't find anything. I am wanting to see the origional story and/or supporting documentation for his age.

In my understanding...God is referring to Mankind's existence on the Earth. He gave Man 120 years to change for the better...then He wiped out Mankind..save Noah...with The Flood.

if its true then he was born 1869 and heres a few of the things that he may have seen in that year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869#Events_of_1869
(obviously he wouldnt have seen due to age and location)

They should cut one of his legs off and count the rings, then we'll see if he's lying or not.

Noah was 920 when he died...so 138 is young according to Noah.....lol

woooooooooov

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habib_Miyan

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/3917...yan_203body.jpg

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050612/images/12ttf2.jpg

On something I read about him, he says he is 132 years old.

There's no need to lie, IMO. India is pretty good at counting, they invented zero.

people can live however long they live, you not limited by a certain mythology teaching.

There are many Hindu saints/yogis/ascetics in India who live well beyond 120 yrs old.

India did not "invent" the zero alone... many other civilizations have done so, including the Greeks, Romans, Arabs, and Mayans.

I think he is younger, India tends to have a lot of weird people who end up being frauds, much like Japan...

You mean people like Jeffrey Dahmer, Warren Jeffs and Jim Jones? Every country has crazy people, even America, especially. I could list plenty more. America. So I think you should reframe from making stupid comments not based in fact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_seria..._by_country#USA



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_(number)#History_of_zero

Who would seriously wanna live that long. his organs are probably all rotted out. i wonder how bad he smells? lmao.

I'd love to live to be 138, provided I was in decent shape physically and mentally. My great grandmother lived to be 103 and she was fascinating. She loved watching the news and saw things with this incredible historical perspective (I guess that's the perspective you get if you've stowed away on a clipper ship to come to America and live to watch people walk on the moon). She danced with my grandfather on her 100th birthday. She also worked (fine craftwork) for her entire life and took great pride in supporting herself.

I would love to live 138 years as long as I was still living for the last 50, instead of just drooling and thinking about the past.

I'd love to live that long. Senile or not .

i think its very possible to reach such an age